Intelligence and surprise attack : failure and success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and beyond /
Dahl, Erik J.
Intelligence and surprise attack : failure and success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and beyond / Erik J. Dahl. - x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-266) and index.
Introduction: Breaking the First Law of Intelligence Failure1. Why Does Intelligence Fail, and How Can It Succeed?Part I: The Problem of Conventional Surprise Attack 2. Pearl Harbor: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom3. The Battle of Midway: Explaining Intelligence Success4. Testing the Argument: Classic Cases of Surprise AttackPart II: The Problem of Terrorist Surprise Attack 5. The East Africa Embassy Bombings: Disaster Despite Warning6. New York City: Preventing a Day of Terror7. The 9/11 Attacks: A New Explanation8. Testing the Argument: Why Do Terrorist Plots Fail?Conclusion: Preventing Surprise Attacks TodayAppendix: Unsuccessful Plots and Attacks against American Targets, 1987-2012NotesBibliographyIndex
Examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though warnings in many cases had been available beforehand. This book offers a new understanding of cases such as Pearl Harbor, and provides
9781589019980 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1589019989 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012042488
Intelligence service--United States.
Servicio de inteligencia --Estados Unidos
National security--United States.
Seguridad nacional--Estados Unidos
JK 468 / D131i 2013
327.1273
Intelligence and surprise attack : failure and success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and beyond / Erik J. Dahl. - x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-266) and index.
Introduction: Breaking the First Law of Intelligence Failure1. Why Does Intelligence Fail, and How Can It Succeed?Part I: The Problem of Conventional Surprise Attack 2. Pearl Harbor: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom3. The Battle of Midway: Explaining Intelligence Success4. Testing the Argument: Classic Cases of Surprise AttackPart II: The Problem of Terrorist Surprise Attack 5. The East Africa Embassy Bombings: Disaster Despite Warning6. New York City: Preventing a Day of Terror7. The 9/11 Attacks: A New Explanation8. Testing the Argument: Why Do Terrorist Plots Fail?Conclusion: Preventing Surprise Attacks TodayAppendix: Unsuccessful Plots and Attacks against American Targets, 1987-2012NotesBibliographyIndex
Examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though warnings in many cases had been available beforehand. This book offers a new understanding of cases such as Pearl Harbor, and provides
9781589019980 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1589019989 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012042488
Intelligence service--United States.
Servicio de inteligencia --Estados Unidos
National security--United States.
Seguridad nacional--Estados Unidos
JK 468 / D131i 2013
327.1273